title: Xanthomatous leiomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix.
abstract: A 52-year-old woman underwent a hysterectomy for a large tumor of the uterine cervix that was shown to be a xanthomatous leiomyosarcoma (LMS) by histologic examination, the first example of this tumor in this site. Two previous similar tumors have been reported in the uterine corpus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, School of Pathology, South African Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grayson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fourie
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tiltman
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor